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Pope Pius XII is pictured at the Vatican in a file photo dated March 15, 1949. (CNS file photo) Church history is a very strange phenomenon. It does not matter whether your academic position classifies you as an historian. If you are a Christian you risk having the label “apologist” put on your work, if you defend any aspect of Christian history—no matter how compelling and unassailable the evidence you advance. Conversely, if you are not regarded as an “apologist,” a glaze of impartiality protects you, even if your research is shallow and simplistic, hiding many errors, omissions ...

The best red wines to buy for Christmas 2020 Our wine expert tips the marvellous malbecs, spicy syrahs and fabulously fruity clarets that deserve a place at your table Festive reds to suit every palate  Credit: Haarala Hamilton and Valerie Berry Last week we published my selection of white and sparkling wines; now here come the reds. I know Telegraph readers like buying online because you tell me so and last week the white burgundy I picked from the Wine Society sold out on the day of publication. So while you’ll find a spread of bottles from supermarkets and local merchants on this list I...

In doing so I refer to French politicians – not the people of France as a whole. I have many French friends here and in France – most of whom agree that the way in which EU representatives have conducted themselves during the Brexit negotiations, determined, despite their claims to the contrary, to punish this country for quitting the EU and imposing conditions that they know full well would be impossible for any British government to accept, has been shameful. If anything, I am a francophile – and have been ever since as 10-year-old schoolboy. In 1950 I stood with thousands of ...